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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties

Skin Cancer Prevention

When the youngest child in your household is outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
how often does s/he stay in an area protected by shade

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Nearly always Sometimes Seldom Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,807 2,000 52.1 50.2-54.1 831 22.8 21.2-24.5 568 14.1 12.8-15.5 135 3.9 3.2- 4.8 273 7.1 6.1- 8.1
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 92 44 45.6 34.2-57.5 17 17.7 10.5-28.1 18 21.1 12.4-33.4 5 6.8 2.3-18.3 8 8.9 3.9-18.9
GENDER
Male 33 14 42.7 25.9-61.4 7 17.4 8.0-33.7 7 24.2 11.0-45.1 4 13.2 4.2-34.3 1 2.6 0.4-16.3
Female 59 30 48.3 33.8-63.1 10 17.9 8.8-33.1 11 18.2 9.1-33.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 7 14.7 6.2-31.2
RACE
White 63 33 53.7 40.4-66.5 14 23.1 13.6-36.4 11 16.2 8.5-28.7 2 3.1 0.7-12.4 3 3.9 1.1-13.3
Other 27 10 35.1 17.9-57.4 3 10.9 3.0-32.6 6 25.7 10.5-50.3 3 12.1 3.0-37.5 5 16.2 5.9-37.5
AGE
18-44 71 37 48.0 35.0-61.3 12 15.3 8.2-26.9 13 20.1 10.9-34.3 2 5.8 1.3-22.3 7 10.7 4.6-23.1
45+ 20 7 41.7 19.4-68.0 5 30.1 12.1-57.3 4 13.9 4.5-35.7 3 11.9 3.4-34.4 1 2.4 0.3-15.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 18 43.2 26.7-61.3 7 15.1 6.3-32.1 7 16.8 7.1-34.6 3 10.0 2.5-32.1 5 15.0 5.9-33.2
Some College + 52 26 48.0 33.2-63.2 10 20.2 10.7-34.9 11 25.3 12.9-43.7 2 3.5 0.8-14.0 3 2.9 0.8- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 50 20 40.2 25.2-57.3 9 16.4 7.6-31.9 14 29.6 16.3-47.5 3 9.2 2.3-30.0 4 4.7 1.4-14.0
$50,000+ 29 17 62.2 43.2-78.0 5 15.7 6.5-33.2 3 8.6 2.5-25.3 2 6.3 1.5-23.5 2 7.2 1.8-25.4

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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